New York Times Grabs a Top Editor from Los Angeles Times Masthead

Kevin Roderick | LA ObservedFebruary 9, 2018

Kim Murphy, the Los Angeles Times assistant managing editor for national and foreign news, is leaving to become a top editor on the national desk at the New York Times. The timing is interesting because Murphy’s name had come up in newsroom speculation as a possible editor in chief at the LAT once Patrick Soon-Shiong takes over the paper.